Charity Shop Bargains

[Lord Brett]

For those willing in dig a little, charity shops are becoming a great source of rare movies. I wonder what gems people have found lately.



To start the ball rolling, last week I picked up A Hill in Korea for a quid. A great addition to my Stanley Baker collection with a top cast, including what I think was Michael Caine's first screen performance.

[Lord Brett]

OK, I know I've misspelled the title of this thread, but I've no idea how to correct it!

[marker]

The last one I bought was 10 Rillington place for a pound a good addition to my Richard Attenborough collection, I go in as many charity shops as I can each week,Bootsales are another source but stuff is becoming hard to find

[smudge]

Job done !



I have (to support favourite charity shops) donated a few DVD titles to them. I've noticed that some of my stuff has disappeared same day - like the whole of the Carlton 'PERSUADERS' after I got the new set.



More power to them, if it helps you bargain hunters out there then it helps my chosen charities too. And far less hassle than EBay....



Smudge

[Lord Brett]

Just got Roger Vadim's ...and God Created Woman on DVD for £1. Result!

[harryfielder]

Video's for sale at the car boot....10p each.



Aitch,

[batman]

boxed sets of both captain scarlet and thunderbirds on vhs for a fiver each

[image45]

I never go into them, am I a naughty SNOB????????

[marker]

name='image45']I never go into them, am I a naughty SNOB????????

Yes............. they are nice places and by buying you are helping less fortunate people

[Bilmo]

I scour the charity shops regularly. My "best" buy was a brand new, never opened copy of "Psycho" for 50p! The video was still in its original, inner wrapper.



It is a question of looking hard and going through a lot of videos/DVDs, but I think it's worthwhile.

[image45]

name='tvden']Yes............. they are nice places and by buying you are helping less fortunate people

I am told they put their best items on ebay more often than not in this day and age to get the best return. i have bought of ebay so does this redeem me at all?

[gillb]

I've always been a charity shop browser particularly for books and films. My best bargain was a still sealed box set (albeit video tape not DVD) of Brideshead Revisited! The shop was doing an offer on all videos that week at 25p a video. The assistant asked if I'd mind paying 25p for each of the 4 in the boxset!! I felt so guilty at paying only a pound for an unopened box set that I put another pound in the collecting tin on the counter!

[marker]

[QUOTE i have bought of ebay so does this redeem me at all?[/QUOTE]



Hi Image45 certainly not

[silverwhistle]

I got the BBC Anna Karenina VHS set from Barnardo's.

I used to work in a charity shop, and (having been unemployed more often than not) dress pretty well entirely from them.

[Carmel]

I bought "The House That Dripped Blood" in a car boot for £2 on DVD i thought that was great as it was brand new and still in its wrapper.

[ChristineCB]

name='image45']...so does this redeem me at all?

ha ha - NO!! Actually, I keep looking for Image's post saying, "You wouldn't BELIEVE the films I found! And they were only twice the price of the Crown Jewels, so of course I bought them all!"

[Lord Brett]

Today's haul is The Hammer version of Hound of the Baskervilles, Where Eagles Dare and The Manchurian Candidate (original version), all on DVD, £5.99 the lot.



Not a charity chop, though, Cash Converters had a special offer. I can't normally reach the DVDs in there for niffy people.



Not so good for my Karma, then, but I can now watch Derren Nesbitt get shot in the head any time I want.

[Carmel]

Pity they dont have those cash converters in Ireland then

[image45]

name='ChristineCB']ha ha - NO!! Actually, I keep looking for Image's post saying, "You wouldn't BELIEVE the films I found! And they were only twice the price of the Crown Jewels, so of course I bought them all!"

I would need to go through the door first, were I live they seem to lack the come inside and buy my rare films feel.



Any idear to help me

[marker]

VHS purchased at this mornings two bootsales

on the beat n. wisdom

the wrong arm of the law

the thirty nine steps robert donat

steptoe men of letters

the piano

the seven steptoerai

the wombles

8 eps of space 1999

newspaper freebie the ipcress file and brief encounter

oh you are awful dick emery

then Churchill said to me frankie howard

clockwise john cleese

thunderbirds vol 1 the secret service with stanley unwin



as to the cost under a fiver !!!!!!